Research and Scholarly Activities
Loyola Physics faculty and students carry out research on a variety of subjects. Here is a brief listing of the fields of research, along with the faculty members leading the groups.
Gravitational Wave Physics
Loyola is a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, an international consortium of scientists using detectors like LIGO and ALLEGRO to search for gravitational waves from black holes, neutron stars, supernovae, and the Big Bang.
Biophysics
Research in Biophysics Lab focuses on transport processes in biological cells, in particular on ion channels. It involves experimental molecular biology, electrophysiology, statistical physics, structural biochemistry, computer science and mathematical modeling, and is in part experimental, in part theoretical/computational.
Mathematical Relativity
Active research includes studies of mathematical models of spacetime, especially applications from differential topology, and various theories of gravity.